# ERROR: Cannot install pkg-a and pkg-b because these package versions have conflicting dependencies.

- **ID:** `python/pip-dependency-conflicts`
- **Domain:** python
- **Category:** data_error
- **Verification:** ai_generated
- **Fix Rate:** 80%

## Root Cause

Two packages require incompatible versions of a shared dependency.

## Version Compatibility

| Version | Status | Introduced | Deprecated |
|---------|--------|------------|------------|
| 3.7 | active | — | — |
| 3.8 | active | — | — |
| 3.9 | active | — | — |

## Workarounds

1. **** (90% success)
   ```
   pip-compile requirements.in && pip install -r requirements.txt
   ```
2. **** (85% success)
   ```
   python -m venv venv1 && source venv1/bin/activate && pip install pkg-a
   ```

## Dead Ends

- **** — Doesn't resolve the underlying dependency conflict. (80% fail)
- **** — Will likely break one of the packages. (70% fail)